Hinge.



A. L. SESSIONS.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22,1911.

1,036,734. Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Il. W O O ALBERT L. SESSIONS, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Apfnicancn filed Aprn 22, 1911,. seria; NQ. 622,649.

T o all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. Sessions. a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and Improved Hinge, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices above mentioned, and anobject of my invention is to provide a device of this class that shallbe extremely strong in its construction and capable of withstanding anystrain which may be placed upon it.

One form of device embodying my invention, and in the use of which theobjects herein set out may be attained is illustrated A in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a hingeembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is aview in central longitudinal section. Fig. lis a detail view showing aslightly modified form of construction.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 denotes the straps of a hingethat is pressed out at one side to form housings 7, each housingincluding flanges 8 bent downward to form the side walls of the housing.Stays 9 are formed as an integral part of the structure, inafpreliminary step extending from the end o the housings 7. narrowstrips connecting the stays and housings. The stays are bent backward tolie within the housings and in this operation the narrow strips areformed into knuckles l0, the upper portion of which lies in the sameplane as the outer surface of the housings, thus being free fromprojecting parts liable to injure other devices or to be injured byContact Wit-h other devices. The pintle 11 is passed through theknuckles, the latter being formed as shown in the drawings so that theend of the pintle will be within the flanges of the housing andprevented from removal thereby.

In order to enable the structure to with stand excessive strains thestay is provided with means for holding it in place. In the form ofdevice shown in Figs. l. and 3 the holes 12 for securing the hinge inplace are punched out and in this operation concshaped projections I8are formed. The stays 9 are provided with lips l-l uj'ituined againstthe edge of the cone-.shaped ps, ts, clearly shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawing thus proriding means for resisting a straightening i of thestays. In order to give greater strength to the structure as a whole thestays are bent as at 15, both to complete the circular form of theknuckle and also to provide a part resting against the inner surface ofthe housing to resist any force which may occur on the outside of thehousing.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 4 as a means for preventingstraightening of the stays the latter are formed with openings 16 in thesame manner as the holes 12 and directly underlying them, so that thecone shaped projections 13 may extend into these openings and serve thesame purpose as hereinabove described for preventing a straightening ofthe stay.

While I have shown and described herein a preferred form of constructionembodying my invention this may be departed from to a greater or lesserextent and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention, and Ido not therefore limit myself to the exact form herein shown anddescribed.

I claim- 1. A hinge including a leaf having downturned flanges, and aknuckle, the opening through which is located opposite said flangeswhereby a pintle is held against removal.

2. A hinge including a leaf having a housing rising above the plane ofthe leaf and with a bacl. turned stay forming a knuckle, said stay lyingagainst the under surface of the housing above the resting surface oftheY leaf, and a projection integrally formed with said leaf to engagethe stay to prevent sliding movement thereof and a consequentstraightening of the knuckle.

3. A hinge including a leaf with a stay projecting underneath the leafto form a knuckle, said leaf having an opening forming a cone-shapedprojection, a bend in said stay forming a strut., and means on the stayengaging said cone-shaped projection to hold the stay in place.

4. A hinge including a leaf having a raised portion and an openingforming a cone-shaped projection on the under side of said raisedportion, a stay backturned to form a knuckle and lying again-st theunder surface of the housing, means on said stay to engage thecone-shaped projection to hold the stay in place, and means for holdingthe .stay against the under side of raised portion.

5. A hinge including leaves having a tions to form knuckles which arelocated 10 raised part and members backturned underentirely below theplane of the outer surface neath to form knuckles, said knuckles beingof said raised portions, said flanges being located entirely below theplane of the outer located opposite the opening through the 5 surface ofthe leaves but above the plane of knuckles to retain a pintle inposition.

the raised surface of the hinge. ALBERT L. SESSIONS.l

6. A hinge including leaves having raised Witnesses: portions withdown-turned langes and mem- RAY G. FrrzPA'rRICK,

bers back-turned underneath the raised por- CARLOS V. MASON.

